Publications

Publication details [#46843]

Coulmas, Florian. 2007. Language Regimes in Transformation. Future Prospects for German and Japanese in Science, Economy, and Politics. (Contributions to the Sociology of Language 93). De Gruyter. X+216 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

globalization | language and culture | language dominance | language status | language use

Language as a subject

English | German | Japanese

Annotation

This study deals with language regime change with respect to German and Japanese. It questions whether and how borderless communication in a single language and the maintenance of highly cultivated all-purpose languages can be reconciled in the globalization age.